As Roseanne Roseanna Danna used to say “it’s always something”

Just stories of the little things that happen day to day to follow us through the seasons

We adopted 2 new rescue kitties at the end of April 2023. Here’s the story of their integration at the farm and with our other 6 kitties

Just fun stories (some much more fun in hindsight than at the time) from a “City Folk” who moved into an old run down horse farm, got more horses than she should have, and went with the journey to places I could not have imagined.

Real leaders can’t be bothered to fight about food.

You may have heard that the dominant animal in a herd gets to eat first.

Mama Bear taught me that’s not always true, and that just like with people, there’s more than 1 kind of leadership.

She taught me lots more the kind of leader I want to be.

Come learn from her and hear her stories.

“How do you make a horse respect you?” I was asked by a student.

You can’t make a 1200 pound horse do anything. And you can’t make the horse respect you any more than I can make you respect me.

But I’ve found that I can model politeness, and most horses will respond accordingly. We can build the relationship from there.

Like with people.

the horse farm gave me a whole new perspective on Continuous Improvement (and Error Proofing and Mistake Proofing).

From clueless and over my head to a 90% reduction in terms of how much it cost to run the farm.

And from 8 hours 365 days a year to 15 minutes a day.

In the process, the horses live more natural, happier, more socially appropriate lives.

We’re certainly not perfect, but there’s a lot you can learn about Safety at a horse farm that you can apply to your business.

If you’re not a horse person, some of these posts might not make a sense to you.

For horse people, this will include some of the unconventional wisdom and stories I’ve picked up from some of my “old timer” mentors and a lot of people who are much smarter and much better horsepeople than I am.

Enjoy!